Jennifer Kennard, 46, of Irondequoit was arrested Friday, one day after police learned of the alleged improper sexual relationship, according to the Irondequoit Police Department. Kennard, a teacher’s aide assigned to East Irondequoit Middle School, befriended the student several years ago and became involved in a sexual relationship with the student over the last three years, police said. She was no longer supervising the student when she was arrested, police said.​

According to the Irondequoit Police Department, 46-year-old Jennifer Kennard, was arrested, and charged with Rape in the Second Degree and Criminal Sex Act in the Second Degree. Police say Kennard befriended the middle school student several years ago, and became involved in a sexual relationship with the student over the last three years.​

Police in Irondequoit charged Jennifer Kennard, 46, with rape and criminal sex act. Kennard has been a teacher's aid at East Irondequoit Middle School since 2009. Police said Kennard befriended a middle school student and became involved in a sexual relationship with the student over a period of three years ... She was arraigned in Irondequoit Town Court on Friday and is currently being held on bail.​

According to a press release issued by Sgt. Mark Bean of the department's criminal investigations unit, Irondequoit police became aware of possible inappropriate behaviors between an East Irondequoit School District teacher's aide and a former student yesterday, Thursday, March 14. Bean said the teacher's aide was assigned to East Irondequoit Middle School, but was no longer supervising the student. During a two-day investigation, it was determined that [Jennifer] Kennard had befriended the middle school student several years ago and became involved in a sexual relationship with the student over the last three years, Bean said.​

Jennifer Kennard, an aide at East Irondequoit Middle School, has been charged with rape and criminal sex act ... Police say the alleged incident started when the student was 13 years old. The victim is now an adult.​

Jennifer K Kennard is a New York Public School Employee with a salary of $9,971, which is 80% lower than the average for all New York State Employees as of 03/31/11. Jennifer K Kennard is employed as a Ndr in the East Irondequoit Central Sch (NYSLRS Member) division of the East Irondequoit Central Schools agency. Jennifer K was hired on December 11, 2009.

Police say 46 year-old Jennifer Kennard met the student in 2009, when he was just 12. They say she was "infatuated" with the male student and began "grooming" him to allegedly take advantage of him.Police say Kennard bought him gifts and took him into her own home. He slept at her family's home in Irondequoit and was considered "part of the family."​

Note that the headline is purely speculative. There is nothing substantive in the article about any additional charges.

Irondequoit Town Police believe 46-year-old Jennifer Kennard started grooming a middle school student three years ago and it turned into a sexual relationship with the boy. Investigators said Kennard kept the relationship well hidden. "She took him in as part of the family," explained Irondequoit Police Investigator Sergeant Mark Bean. "He would spend nights at the house. He would do activities with the family. So, she tried to make him feel important."​

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According to Bean, Kennard began acting strangely around her colleagues last week. They reported it to district officials Thursday morning, and by Friday she was arrested and charged with second degree rape and second degree criminal sex act. Both charges are felonies. "Some of the employees were just concerned about her emotional connection to him," Bean added.​

A former teacher’s aide in the East Irondequoit School District has been found guilty on rape charges.

Jennifer Kennard was found guilty of six counts of second-degree rape, two counts of third-degree rape and one count of endangering the welfare of a child.

Kennard was an aide in the middle school when investigators say she had sex with a boy who was her student. We’re told he was under the age of 15 when the relationship started in 2010. The relationship lasted until February 2013. She was arrested the following month.